Proverbs 1:20

Authorized King James Version

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"¶ Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:"

— Proverbs 1:20, Authorized King James Version

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Proverbs 1 — Context

17

Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.

18

And they lay wait for their [own] blood; they lurk privily for their [own] lives.

19

So [are] the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; [which] taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

20

¶ Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:

21

She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, [saying],

22

How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

23

Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.